Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

Larry Niven (born April 30, 1938) and Jerry Eugene Pournelle (August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) were American science fiction authors who frequently collaborated. Together they co-wrote notable works including The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977) — the latter matching ISBN 9780345323446. Larry Niven is best known for the Ringworld series and hard-science fiction short stories; his career began in the 1960s and continues into the 21st century. Jerry Pournelle was a scientist and essayist as well as a novelist, active in aerospace and operations research before focusing on fiction and nonfiction; he was also an influential early blogger and columnist. Their collaborations combined rigorous technological detail with large-scale speculative plots.